I've been tracking the conversion of the Tower of Terror to GOTG Mission Breakout via the Mattercam at HoJos. Here is where we are now.
Not from the HoJo camera nor related to TOT construction, but here's a photo I took this morning on my very own Mattercam (also known as my phone). Vacation is kind of great some times!
Yes. It will be up until early next year. I believe the doors will eventually not open anymore. Disney will promote it as a special "In the Dark" version of the ride.
I wonder if they might be able to cover the building in scaffolding, but somehow avoid covering the doors. It looks like the doors will still open in the GOTG version of the ride, so perhaps they can hold off work on them until after the ride finally closes for good
The Tower is going as a brown paper bag for Halloween. They've added covering between the shaft doors.
I imagine it will look pretty much like this until it closes in January. It would be especially weird if they had to cover over the doors
They should covering the right side and back soon. I'm not sure if the lower part of the build is covered yet or if they are going to until the official closing.